872 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 454

amount to be furnished by each of said counties is hereby made
mandatory upon the proper authorities of the respective coun-
ties and subject to enforcement by mandamus at the instance
of the State Roads Commission. Full power and authority
is hereby granted to the County Commissioners or other law-
fully constituted authorities of each and every county to raise
said money in any of the ways hereinbefore set out, and in
case they decide to raise the same by borrowing upon the
credit and faith of the county, they are authorized to issue
the bonds or certificates of indebtedness of said county to the
extent of the amount so needed, upon such terms and condi-
tions and with such rate of interest, and with such dates of
maturity as to them may seem best. The Lateral road money
raised by each and every county as hereinbefore provided shall
be paid to the State Roads Commission at such times and in
such amounts, and under such guarantees as the State Roads
Commission shall from time to time determine. If the County
Commissioners of any county shall have fixed the county tax
levy for such county for the year 1927 prior to May 1, 1927,
and said Board of Commissioners shall desire to raise the whole
or any part of such county's share of said lateral road money
for the year 1927 by assessing a tax upon the taxable basis
of said county, the said Board of County Commissioners are
hereby authorized and empowered to borrow such amount as
shall be required for said purpose for the year 1927, and issue
their script as evidence of the obligation, and to include in
the next succeeding tax levy the amount necessary to repay
such loan or loans.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That one-half of the
cost of construction of all lateral roads which shall be built
in pursuance of the provisions of this Act, shall be paid by
the State out of the proceeds from the sale of bonds set apart
in the manner hereinbefore provided, to the counties in which
such roads are respectively located, and the remaining one-
half with the funds to be provided by said counties, respec-
tively, as herein directed.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That those portions of
the proceeds from the sale of the bonds or certificates of in-
debtedness herein authorized, which are herein appropriated
to meet obligations imposed upon the State by its assent to any
Act or Acts of Congress appropriating Federal aid to the sev-
eral States in the construction of rural post roads, shall be